Hi to all the fulltimers out there with a fifth wheel and diesel dually. We are planning to retire next year and will be fulltiming around the country for awhile. After lots of research we had decided on a Grand Design Solitude and a diesel dually to pull it. Now I am pondering how it will be to use that truck everyday when we are parked somewhere for a week or two, maybe more. We do not plan to be driving every day, or even every week. We hope to settle into a spot for at least a week and probably more before moving onto another. Sometimes we may stay for a month, depending on how good the fishing is for my flyfishing hubby! I'm wondering for those of you who are fulltiming this way, do you use your dually every day for traveling into national and state parks and for exploring the area where you are located? Do you find it to be cumbersome?
I've started to wonder if we should be exploring a Class C motorhome and tow a Jeep for the excursions into the parks and around towns. It certainly will not give us the same living space that a fifth wheel offers, but would it be better in the long run for gas costs, mileage, etc? The hubby doesn't really like the Class A's - he says he feels like he is in a bus instead of a home. Somehow he is more willing to think about the Class C's as a possibility.
I'd love to hear from all you fifth wheelers as to your everyday life with a dually. Thanks so much!
I've started to wonder if we should be exploring a Class C motorhome and tow a Jeep for the excursions into the parks and around towns. It certainly will not give us the same living space that a fifth wheel offers, but would it be better in the long run for gas costs, mileage, etc? The hubby doesn't really like the Class A's - he says he feels like he is in a bus instead of a home. Somehow he is more willing to think about the Class C's as a possibility.
I'd love to hear from all you fifth wheelers as to your everyday life with a dually. Thanks so much!